SOCJ 309: Theorizing in Hmong Studies (ES)

Course Description

Hmong Studies is a growing field that speaks back to multiple disciplines such as anthropology, sociology, history, psychology, political science, public health, education research and much more. Despite Hmong Studies originally being developed by colonial, missionary, and western scholarship, contemporary Hmong Studies has a been a place of contestation, resistance, and reclamation about knowledge production, power, agency, and the larger human experience. This course will sample some of the key theories influential to and further advanced by Hmong Studies, including feminist theory, postcolonial theory, and cultural studies. Cross-listed: ANTHRO 309/HMONG ST 309/SOC JUST 309/WG STDS 309.